Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom

Guralnick, Peter

| 1999

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A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues to create Southern soul music. Through rare interviews and with unique insight, Peter Guralnick tells the definitive story of the songs that inspired a generation and forever changed the sound of American music.

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Caroline Johansson

2010-03-04

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Mycket spännande och lärorik bok om "svart" musik i USA. Roliga anekdoter och intressanta porträtt av musiker.